Those Were The Days: Canucks Road Woes Nothing Compared To Rangers' Circus Act

The Vancouver Canucks are embarking upon a record setting NHL road trip.

Due to the 2010 Winter Olympics being held in Vancouver and the necessary renovations at General Motors Place Canada Hockey Place, the Canucks are on the road for a record 14 consecutive games. Their North American Tour consists of 13 cities over 42 days! They will travel 12,885 miles across every time zone and climate zone in that time, making those whines from Eastern teams when they come out west once every other year even more nauseating than they usually are.

But the Canucks have it easy compared to the old New York Rangers, who for years and years were forced out of Madison Square Gardens every spring because the circus came to town. The Rangers would actually play Stanley Cup playoffs home games in the opposition team's rink, or if possible at a neutral site, usually Boston!

As you can imagine that amounted to absolutely nothing in the home ice advantage category, although that didn't stop them from winning the Stanley Cup in 1928 with all games in Montreal, or in 1933 or 1940 when all but one game were played in Toronto. The Rangers also had to play home games on the road while in the Cup finals in 1932 and 1937, losing both times.